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Nottinghamshire student fined after driving car - without any doors

A student from Nottinghamshire has been fined after he was caught driving a car without any doors, lights or bonnet - and using his arms to indicate when turning.

Sam Wilson, 25, drove the car for almost three miles before he was pulled over.

He was attempting to take it to a recycling centre five miles from his home in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, to sell for scrap.

The father-of-two was found guilty of using a vehicle when its use involved a danger of injury to any person and was fined £110 at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.He was also ordered to pay £120 costs and given three penalty points on his licence.

Sam Wilson was found guilty of using a vehicle when its use involved a danger of injury to any person Credit: Raymonds Press

The car was eventually collected for scrap and Wilson was paid £70. Credit: Raymonds Press

The car didn’t have any lights on it, but my argument was that it was daylight.

It didn’t have any signals either, but I used arm signals to indicate.

I was starting college and I was only going to get £150 at the scrapyard, so I thought if I took the doors off and a few other parts I could get more money back.

– Sam Wilson speaking after the hearing

Wilson added he thought the car was safe to drive because it still had an MOT certificate - and said he had not removed any of what he thought were key working parts.

It wouldn’t have taken much to realise that the skeleton of a vehicle Wilson was trying to drive on the carriageway was not roadworthy.

It beggars belief that he thought he could drive it without anyone having concerns.